Photo, from left to right: Brianna Morrison, Nazrawi Allen, Kaysia Harrington.
Three amazing students join the Equal Justice Society this summer: two as summer interns and one as a public service fellow.
Brianna Morrison is an HBCU Law Summer Intern. A rising 3L at Howard University School of Law and a proud New Yorker, she is passionate about racial justice, movement lawyering, and community-centered advocacy. She serves as a Senior Staff Editor on the Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review and Vice President of the Howard Law Gospel Choir. Her work has included advocacy addressing inequities in housing, education, public safety, and public health in historically marginalized communities through a human rights framework grounded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Brianna is currently writing a legal note exploring how the Equal Protection Clause can be used to challenge laws and policies that disproportionately harm Black women in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. She is excited to join the Equal Justice Society this summer and continue pursuing advocacy that advances equity and meaningful change. Brianna started on May 26.
Summer intern Nazrawi Allen is an incoming 2L and co-president of the Black Law Student Association at UC Law San Francisco. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Black Studies from UC Santa Barbara, where he served as president of the UCSB Black Student Union and also led the Mu Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. He was also president of the Black Pioneer Renaissance Organization and co-president of the Pan-African Student Association. After graduating from UCSB, Naz spent six months in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, studying International Relations at Pontifical Universidade Catolica-RIO. He also traveled to Eritrea to work with the Ministry of Justice, where he presented his original research and explored the customary law of Eritrea. He returned to the U.S. and became a substitute teacher in Oakland, primarily teaching Spanish but also covering other subjects as needed. Born, raised, and currently residing in Oakland, California, Naz is committed to advocating for and expanding the rights and protections of economically vulnerable and racially targeted communities. Naz started on May 26.
Kaysia Harrington is a Mindich Service Fellow working at EJS for 10 weeks this summer. She is a graduating senior from Harvard College with a B.A. in Social Studies and African American Studies with a focus on U.S. Schools, Prisons, and Law. Kaysia is from Owensboro, Kentucky, where her passion for education equity and social justice developed. At Harvard, Harrington served as the Director of the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Advocacy and as a Fellow at the Derek Bok Center. She looks forward to supporting the EJS’s work to advance a more inclusive and multiracial democracy alongside its dedicated staff. Mindich Service Fellowships offer Harvard College students the premier opportunity to explore public service work. Through the Mindich Service Fellowship Program, the Center for Public Service and Engaged Scholarship has developed partnerships with leading public service organizations across the U.S. All Mindich Service Fellows participate in professional development discussions and reflection. Kaysia starts the first week of June.